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SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR

Austin, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-01-16 → 2026-09-28

Core

Lead physical design implementation for high-performance, low-power SoCs from RTL to GDS, optimizing timing, area, and power.

Role type

Senior IC SoC Physical Design Engineer (PnR)

Builds

High-performance System-on-Chip (SoC) dies

Domain

Semiconductor / VLSI Physical Design

Required skills

RTL-to-GDS flow, PnR, bump/RDL, STA, physical verification, EMIR, sign-off, timing closure, area optimization, power optimization

Preferred skills

Floorplanning, clock & power distribution, PD construction & analysis flows, large SOC design (>20M gates), deep submicron tapeout experience, industry standard tools expertise

Technologies

Industry standard physical design tools

Responsibilities

Drive methodologies and best-known methods to streamline physical design work; develop guidelines and checklists; solve challenging timing closure issues; collaborate with cross-functional teams on physical architecture

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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